super corporate tax evader (playdate)

TL:DR - TRY TAKING THE CASE OFF(?)

This is such a fun little game - The vibe is pretty much perfect for me, especially how absurd some of the dialog is, and feels like the exact kinda thing the Playdate was made for. 

Unfortunately, I was having the same issue as some others regarding the shredder not hiding when re-docking the crank, which kinda ruined the game a bit. Wanting to try and work out if it was just the game or if I had a slightly dodgy Playdate, I did a bit of digging with the input test (settings>system), and turns out, I think it's an issue with the case - the console is noticeably less responsive to the crank being docked/undocked with it on. So if you're having this issue, may be worth testing this out - I now only fail due to my shitty reaction speeds!

hello osuika! i'm a huge fan of this game and i'm really interested in the dialogue mechanic you used where there's different blocks of text that are written in a way that they can all vaguely flow together. 

i'm looking into writing a mechanic like this for a class project and i was wondering if you knew the technical term for the system or writing style so i can do more research? it's hard to google, just describing it hasn't been much help, and no one in my school has heard of it haha. 

no worries if you prefer to keep your methods to yourself, but i thought it wouldn't hurt to ask!

Really fun little game. While being limited in scope, the visuals, sound design and dialogues are charming, funny, and just on point. The level of creative absurdity and nonsensicalness of the conversation you are nervously listening in while shredding evidence is wonderful.

Some feedback (to whom it may concern):
- Like some already mentioned, the thrill of fiddling around until you finally manage to put the crank away just in time before the lawyer enters is a huge part of the experience playing on real hardware. Just pressing a button, as the latest update allows, makes it way too easy. I think requiring the player to press A or B for at least one second for the shredder to be packed away would maybe help to replicate that feeling of being very exposed while shredding.

- Also mentioned by some already: Saving your own high scores would be great to get a little more time and motivation out of it. (When my friends borrow my playdate they often return to this game, so having each other's high scores to beat would make this feel more complete.)

- Small bug: When I shred fast and then pack the shredder away quickly often the sound of paper shredding goes on, sometimes for one or two seconds, even after the lawyer enters, which is kinda funny but breaks the immersion a bit. Possibly cancelling the shredding sound when the crank is put away would fix this?

- I totally agree that this idea is executed so brilliantly, that an expansion or part two would be very welcome. For its current endless mode with randomly mixed dialogues, some more sentences for variety would be great. But I would also totally buy a full-fetched multilevel story mode version of this.  I can imagine lawyers returning every level with new suspicions, interviewing your boss and snooping around, while you try to shred a minimum amount of documents before times up - with extra points for every additional document shredded.

Either way, thanks for this fun, creative little treat!

What a great little game :) Thanks for sharing it!

I think I've hit a bug or two in v1.2:

- the dock/undock mode doesn't seem to work (it just stays in the original state)

- in a/b mode the paper shredder does appear/disappear, but the lawyer still always catches me either way (and the paper shredder sounds continue in the background)

Love the game design and the crank interaction! Good work 😊 

Hey. Love the game. Any chance of an alternate control method to undocking the crank? Maybe using the d-pad or buttons? I fear I'll end up breaking it otherwise. ;) 

This is a go to game for fun!  I get crazy frantic trying to put the crank away before that door opens!  ha ha this is fun, and I'm glad I paid for this one!  ok now the big question, tax evader 2! ha ha! 

Thanks for the fun!

Created an account to say that this is the best thing I've seen on Playdate. Legit hilarious and great use of the crank. Can't believe you haven't tested this on the actual hardware - the mechanics are spot on. Great work!

Just wanted to mirror some of the responses in here and say what a genuinely fun little game this is! I got my Playdate today and it works fantastically on the actual hardware (absolutely agree with another comment saying it felt like a horror game trying to predict when the lawyer’s gonna burst in,) it’s really quite funny and tense. In the best possible way, it feels like it’d fit in perfectly as an extended minigame in Warioware.

Really hope you continue making stuff for Playdate!

(also what did you use to make the art? Looks super crisp on the Playdate screen!)

So simple and so good! Only feedback would be the image size in the launcher (it's noticeably less wide than the rest of the games' on the launcher). Love the artwork!

Excellent! (only tried in the simulator, and I feel it's a bit too easy there).

Some of the player's responses don't seem to fit what the Lawyer is saying. Several times the response was "Nothing much" when the lawyer just said things like "hi".

A few typos:

"bafore" -> "before
"accidentially" -> "accidentally"
"I was going to say I dont care" -> "don't"
"lunch and i'm craving" -> "I'm"
"Don't implecate yourself" -> "implicate"

Creativity level is fantastic!

lmao this is too funny